Every day, thousands of people interact with artworks by a Tsutakawa, one of the most prolific and influential artist families in the Pacific Northwest. This exhibit explores the iconic and interconnected work of George Tsutakawa, Gerard Tsutakawa, and Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn. From public fountains, sculptures, and lighting displays to intimate pieces in private settings, the works of these three artists evoke harmony, movement, and presence with unifying themes of water, form, and light.
Kenzan is carrying the family legacy into the next generation, using new lighting technologies and materials to create works that are powerfully minimalist in form and actively engage the viewer and the space. Kenzan says, “Light flows like water but we really don’t understand it yet. I use new technologies to explore that flow, in this case, the reflections of light off of the static form of a cresting wave.”